CROTON-ON-HUDSON – Police have arrested a 48-year-old Peekskill man for allegedly sending messages through social media threatening various Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department buildings and vehicles with harm.

Croton-on-Hudson Police also arrested Jonathan Brooks for allegedly threatening a Croton EMS ambulance and members of the emergency services with bodily harm. The threat also said if the police attempted to arrest the perpetrator, they, too, would be harmed.

The FBI Westchester Safe Streets Task Force assisted Croton Police in arresting Brooks and charging him with a felony of making a terroristic threat.

He was arraigned and released on his own recognizance pending a future court appearance.



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